Mongolians prepare their votes at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A 40-meter (130 feet) tall, stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan on horseback stands on top of a museum, 54 km (33.55 miles) east of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Friday, May 12, 2023. Since Mongolia gained full autonomy and transitioned to democracy, Genghis Khan has served as a cornerstone of the country's efforts to reclaim its national heritage. His likeness is everywhere, from bottles of vodka to the statue outside Ulaanbaatar. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
FILE- Nurmaa undertakes a 24-kilometer (15-mile) journey with the family's livestock to a new location in the Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district, in southeast Mongolia, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Herding is central to Mongolia’s economy and culture — contributing 80% of its agricultural production and 11% of its GDP. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A view from a drone over the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Parliamentary elections are being held Friday in this sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation, known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Young Mongolians chat under umbrellas as it rains on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Mongolia, where parliamentary elections are being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent spirit. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FILE- Lkhaebum, left, with his daughter-in-law, Nurmaa, check their ger, a portable, round tent insulated with sheepskin, during a sudden dust storm in the Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district in southeast Mongolia, Saturday, May 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
A power plant churns out smoke near residential buildings on the outskirts of Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The city has some of the worst air in the world. Annual levels of fine, inhalable particles known as PM2.5 surpass levels considered safe by the World Health Organization by nearly 9-times. Children are particularly at risk. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FILE - A crane hovers above the site of a new shaft under construction at the Oyu Tolgoi mine site in Khanbogd village, Umnugobi province, Mongolia, Nov. 7, 2009. The Oyu Tolgoi mine in the Gobi Desert in the country's south is one of the world's largest known copper and gold deposits. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav, File)
A Mongolian man feeds his vote into a counting machine at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. wld(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FILE- Stars light up the night sky over a ger, a portable, round tent insulated with sheepskin, in the remote Munkh-Khaan region of the Sukhbaatar district, in southeast Mongolia, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
A Mongolian man prepares to smoke after voting at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FILE- Mongolian herders try to get a weak cow to move around to ensure it keeps itself warm, at the Hujirt soum of Uvurkhangai aimag in central Mongolia, March 10, 2010. Emergency food relief is needed for nomadic herders in Mongolia after the number of livestock killed there by blizzards and extreme cold doubled in recent weeks, the Red Cross said Monday, March 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
A double hump camel stands at the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, 54 km (33.55 miles) east of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Friday, May 12, 2023. The 40-meter (130 feet) tall, stainless steel statue is the world's tallest equestrian statue. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)
Residents look at election posters of candidates, two days before polls open in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 26, 2024. As a democracy of just 3.4 million people in the shadow of two much larger authoritarian states, China and Russia, it has taken on symbolic importance in an era when democracy is under pressure or in crisis in many countries, including the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)